Posted on November 9, 2026 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each story. Your choice!
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Read the short story “Hello Daughter” by Sloane Murphy; it's part of her collection Shut Up, I Love You, I'll Call You Tomorrow, which comes out tomorrow (Literary Hub).
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Anna Holmes takes a long look at the recently rediscovered — and soon to be re-released — picture book The Dark Wood of the Golden Birds by Margaret Wise Brown, of Goodnight Moon fame (The New York Times).
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Writer and singer Patti Smith described her next book, The Melting, as being in conversation with her previous memoirs, though maybe only 22 percent true (People).
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Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Anthony Awards, which honor the best in crime fiction (Locus).
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Check out the cover for Kate DiCamillo's next novel, The True Story of Edith Leapyear, Child Outlaw: As Told by Herself; the middle-grade book comes out April 6 (People).
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The graphic novel version of Jenny Han's The Summer I Turned Pretty has a release date, and fittingly, it's June 1 (Parade).
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On November 10, 1731, the first lending library in America welcomed its inaugural ten members (Literary Hub).
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